“Ethical obligations” remain to protect information, including the name of the buyer’s corporate parent, its director said.
Economy
Covering the economic issues facing Southwest and Southside Virginia.
Posted inDanville area
Caesars casino visitor center opens in Danville with goal to increase local business customers
Guests can create custom digital itineraries there and send them to their phones, said Lisa Meriwether, Danville’s tourism director.
Posted inRoanoke Valley
Google commits $10 million geared toward energy efficiency to Virginia localities including Botetourt County
The tech company is building a data center at the Botetourt Center at Greenfield and says that repairs and other household investments will target homes near the industrial park.
Posted inLynchburg area
Developer reveals proposed location for small modular reactor in Amherst County
The news comes two days after Geenex Power announced the nuclear project but not its site, because of the need for due diligence.
Posted inLynchburg area
Lynchburg amphitheater operator that owes city money in inaugural season is working through ‘learning curve,’ city staff say
The private company’s owner says the problem is “just a miscommunication.”
Posted inLynchburg area
‘Monstrous towers and lines’: With Campbell County’s vote, localities unite against Valley Link
The proposed transmission line’s latest plan has it running through six counties and ending in Culpeper County.
Posted inLynchburg area
Developer uses public comment period at Amherst County meeting to unveil plans for a nuclear power project
The company has not publicly identified a site for the facility, which would use small modular reactors to produce up to 650 megawatts of power.
Posted inEconomy
Traditional Medicinals starts production at Franklin County factory
The company’s first product from its 110,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in the Summit View Business Park was its Throat Coat tea, which uses slippery elm sourced from the Appalachian region.
Posted inSouthwest Virginia
Southwest Virginia fish farm project ‘on pause’ due to tariffs, gas prices
The state delegate who proposed the aquaculture center 13 years ago says he remains hopeful it will still happen. The developer, Pure Salmon, has said it has invested more than $80 million in the site.
Posted inSouthwest Virginia
Cars program helps residents across the coalfields get to work
New funding from the state opioid abatement authority will help expand the program across the region.
